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47,537 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to protests in Buenos Aires (Argentina), the hunger in Yemen and illness in Conakry. Yemen's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was much softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 37 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostGuinea 82 in 100 of its 90 stories, usually 30
RegionEvery region about as usual
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Argentina

171 of its 377 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Buenos Aires accounted for 152 of Argentina's 171 stories about harm, carried by 158 outlets. 94 of Buenos Aires' 152 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (122 stories).

Argentina over 30 days → its stories → Buenos Aires stories →
Conflict & violence

Yemen

378 of its 427 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 80%. Sanaa accounted for 181 of Yemen's 378 stories about harm, carried by 238 outlets. Hunger was named in 61 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Yemen over 30 days → its stories → Sanaa stories →
Rights & justice

El Salvador

27 of its 42 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

El Salvador over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Ireland

614 of its 3,260 stories (19%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. 116 of Dublin's 210 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 9 times the usual rate (23 stories). Hunger was named in 28 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Azerbaijan

105 of its 322 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 23 of Baku's 34 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (33 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Cameroon

70 of its 120 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 7 times the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Poland

170 of its 490 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Storms were named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Sudan

142 of its 204 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Singapore

164 of its 776 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (38 stories). Hepatitis was named in 27 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: meningitis in Malaysia (96 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flu in Peru (20 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); accidents in Sri Lanka (17 of its stories, about three times its usual); cholera in Zambia (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); earthquake in Bahamas (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 17 Mar. The big dot is this day; the shaded band is a normal day (the 30 days before it). Click a day to open it. Based on 47,537 stories about harm among 254,202 counted on 17 Mar.

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Argentina stood out: 45% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 17%. 19 in every 100 of the day's 254,202 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 20.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen89 in 100 of its 427 stories · usually 80 · mostly conflict & violence Côte d’Ivoire84 in 100 of its 121 stories · usually 77 · mostly conflict & violence Guinea82 in 100 of its 90 stories · usually 30 · mostly health Tunisia73 in 100 of its 67 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Sierra Leone71 in 100 of its 205 stories · usually 49 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US274 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1987 Chicago US205 stories about protests or strikes, of its 529 Ankara Türkiye142 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1376 Brasilia Brazil134 stories about protests or strikes, of its 140 Moscow Russia118 stories about protests or strikes, of its 485

Stories, not people.

Where harm was most of the news

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: near the world's share or lessUzbekistan: near the world's share or lessUruguay: near the world's share or lessMicronesia: near the world's share or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessGuam: near the world's share or lessPuerto Rico: near the world's share or lessUnited States: near the world's share or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: no storiesFalkland Islands: no storiesCayman Islands: near the world's share or lessIsle of Man: no storiesUnited Kingdom: near the world's share or lessUnited Arab Emirates: near the world's share or lessUkraine: near the world's share or lessUganda: near the world's share or lessTurkmenistan: near the world's share or lessTrinidad & Tobago: near the world's share or lessTonga: near the world's share or lessTogo: near the world's share or lessTimor-Leste: near the world's share or lessThailand: near the world's share or lessTanzania: near the world's share or lessTajikistan: near the world's share or lessTaiwan: near the world's share or lessSwitzerland: near the world's share or lessSweden: near the world's share or lessEswatini: near the world's share or lessSuriname: near the world's share or lessSri Lanka: near the world's share or lessSpain: near the world's share or lessSouth Korea: near the world's share or lessSouth Africa: near the world's share or lessSomaliland: no storiesSolomon Islands: near the world's share or lessSlovakia: near the world's share or lessSlovenia: near the world's share or lessSingapore: near the world's share or lessSeychelles: near the world's share or lessSerbia: no storiesSão Tomé: near the world's share or lessSamoa: near the world's share or lessSt Vincent: near the world's share or lessSt. Lucia: near the world's share or lessRwanda: near the world's share or lessRomania: near the world's share or lessQatar: near the world's share or lessPortugal: near the world's share or lessPhilippines: near the world's share or lessParaguay: near the world's share or lessPapua New Guinea: near the world's share or lessPanama: near the world's share or lessOman: near the world's share or lessNicaragua: near the world's share or lessNew Zealand: near the world's share or lessNiue: no storiesNetherlands: near the world's share or lessCuraçao: no storiesMorocco: near the world's share or lessMontenegro: near the world's share or lessMongolia: near the world's share or lessMexico: near the world's share or lessMauritius: near the world's share or lessMauritania: near the world's share or lessMalta: near the world's share or lessMalaysia: near the world's share or lessMalawi: near the world's share or lessMadagascar: near the world's share or lessLuxembourg: near the world's share or lessLithuania: near the world's share or lessLesotho: near the world's share or lessLatvia: near the world's share or lessLaos: near the world's share or lessKyrgyzstan: near the world's share or lessKosovo: no storiesKiribati: near the world's share or lessKenya: near the world's share or lessKazakhstan: near the world's share or lessJapan: near the world's share or lessJamaica: near the world's share or lessItaly: near the world's share or lessIreland: near the world's share or lessIran: near the world's share or lessIndonesia: near the world's share or lessIndia: near the world's share or lessIceland: near the world's share or lessHungary: near the world's share or lessHaiti: near the world's share or lessGuyana: near the world's share or lessGuinea-Bissau: near the world's share or lessGuatemala: near the world's share or lessGrenada: near the world's share or lessGhana: near the world's share or lessGermany: near the world's share or lessGeorgia: near the world's share or lessGambia: near the world's share or lessGabon: near the world's share or lessFrance: near the world's share or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: no storiesNew Caledonia: near the world's share or lessFrench Southern Territories: no storiesÅland Islands: no storiesFinland: near the world's share or lessEthiopia: near the world's share or lessEstonia: near the world's share or lessEritrea: near the world's share or lessEquatorial Guinea: near the world's share or lessDominican Republic: near the world's share or lessDominica: near the world's share or lessDjibouti: near the world's share or lessGreenland: near the world's share or lessFaroe Islands: near the world's share or lessDenmark: near the world's share or lessCzech Republic: near the world's share or lessN. Cyprus: no storiesCyprus: near the world's share or lessCuba: near the world's share or lessCroatia: near the world's share or lessDR Congo: near the world's share or lessComoros: near the world's share or lessChina: near the world's share or lessHong Kong: near the world's share or lessChile: near the world's share or lessChad: near the world's share or lessCanada: near the world's share or lessCambodia: near the world's share or lessMyanmar: near the world's share or lessBulgaria: near the world's share or lessBrunei: near the world's share or lessBotswana: near the world's share or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: near the world's share or lessBolivia: near the world's share or lessBhutan: near the world's share or lessBenin: near the world's share or lessBelize: near the world's share or lessBelarus: near the world's share or lessBarbados: near the world's share or lessBangladesh: near the world's share or lessBahrain: near the world's share or lessBahamas: near the world's share or lessAustria: near the world's share or lessAustralia: near the world's share or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: no storiesAntigua & Barbuda: near the world's share or lessAngola: near the world's share or lessAndorra: near the world's share or lessAlgeria: near the world's share or lessAlbania: near the world's share or lessAksai Chin: near the world's share or lessCrimea: near the world's share or lessVatican City: near the world's share or lessMarshall Islands: near the world's share or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: near the world's share or lessAmerican Samoa: near the world's share or lessChagos Islands: no storiesSt. Helena: no storiesPitcairn: near the world's share or lessAnguilla: near the world's share or lessBermuda: near the world's share or lessBritish Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: no storiesMontserrat: near the world's share or lessJersey: near the world's share or lessGuernsey: near the world's share or lessSan Marino: no storiesSt Kitts & Nevis: near the world's share or lessCook Islands: near the world's share or lessAruba: near the world's share or lessNauru: near the world's share or lessMonaco: near the world's share or lessLiechtenstein: near the world's share or lessWallis & Futuna: no storiesSt. Martin: near the world's share or lessSt. Barthélemy: no storiesMacao: near the world's share or lessNorfolk Island: near the world's share or lessSint Maarten: no storiesChristmas Island: near the world's share or lessGibraltar: near the world's share or lessMayotte: no storiesZambia: 30 in 100 of its 114 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Yemen: 89 in 100 of its 427 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Vietnam: 25 in 100 of its 486 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Venezuela: 41 in 100 of its 253 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Vanuatu: 62 in 100 of its 13 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Türkiye: 69 in 100 of its 2,655 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Tunisia: 73 in 100 of its 67 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Syria: 54 in 100 of its 1,441 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)South Sudan: 39 in 100 of its 79 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Sudan: 70 in 100 of its 204 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Somalia: 64 in 100 of its 117 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Sierra Leone: 71 in 100 of its 205 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Senegal: 50 in 100 of its 36 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Saudi Arabia: 38 in 100 of its 471 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Russia: 29 in 100 of its 2,389 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Poland: 35 in 100 of its 490 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Peru: 26 in 100 of its 213 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Palau: 80 in 100 of its 5 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Pakistan: 29 in 100 of its 1,669 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Norway: 24 in 100 of its 582 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)North Korea: 27 in 100 of its 972 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Nigeria: 28 in 100 of its 2,547 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Niger: 67 in 100 of its 102 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Nepal: 34 in 100 of its 400 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Namibia: 27 in 100 of its 106 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Mozambique: 42 in 100 of its 45 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Western Sahara: 33 in 100 of its 33 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Moldova: 35 in 100 of its 40 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Mali: 42 in 100 of its 65 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)North Macedonia: 54 in 100 of its 84 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Libya: 54 in 100 of its 304 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Liberia: 41 in 100 of its 110 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Lebanon: 30 in 100 of its 248 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Kuwait: 38 in 100 of its 130 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Jordan: 32 in 100 of its 440 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Israel: 40 in 100 of its 1,454 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Palestine: 48 in 100 of its 283 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Iraq: 67 in 100 of its 711 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Honduras: 55 in 100 of its 159 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Guinea: 82 in 100 of its 90 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Greece: 37 in 100 of its 708 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)French Polynesia: 67 in 100 of its 6 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Fiji: 46 in 100 of its 175 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)El Salvador: 64 in 100 of its 42 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Egypt: 42 in 100 of its 941 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Ecuador: 36 in 100 of its 45 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Côte d’Ivoire: 84 in 100 of its 121 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Costa Rica: 32 in 100 of its 38 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Congo: 34 in 100 of its 80 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Colombia: 26 in 100 of its 160 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Central African Republic: 68 in 100 of its 31 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Cape Verde: 68 in 100 of its 19 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Cameroon: 58 in 100 of its 120 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Burundi: 53 in 100 of its 60 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Burkina Faso: 86 in 100 of its 35 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Brazil: 30 in 100 of its 1,483 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Belgium: 35 in 100 of its 392 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Azerbaijan: 33 in 100 of its 322 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Armenia: 34 in 100 of its 216 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Argentina: 45 in 100 of its 377 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Afghanistan: 42 in 100 of its 660 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Kashmir: 26 in 100 of its 280 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Palestine: 48 in 100 of its 283 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Palestine: 48 in 100 of its 283 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Western Sahara: 33 in 100 of its 33 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Western Sahara: 33 in 100 of its 33 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Kashmir: 26 in 100 of its 280 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Kashmir: 26 in 100 of its 280 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Palestine: 48 in 100 of its 283 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Kashmir: 26 in 100 of its 280 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Maldives: 71 in 100 of its 82 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)
A quarter or more above the world's share Near the world's or lessNo stories

Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 19 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.

Most of its news about harm

● Yemen 89 in 100 of its 427 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Türkiye 69 in 100 of its 2,655 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Côte d’Ivoire 84 in 100 of its 121 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Iraq 67 in 100 of its 711 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Sierra Leone 71 in 100 of its 205 stories · mostly health ● Sudan 70 in 100 of its 204 stories · mostly conflict & violence

Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 stories.

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice37% 17,151 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence22% 10,046 stories · less than usual (usually 25%) Health11% 5,218 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents11% 4,996 stories · less than usual (usually 13%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given8% 3,557 stories · about as usual Displacement5% 2,243 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,966 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,488 stories · about as usual

Of the stories about people being harmed, what part of life each was about. The mark is usual.

Harm reported 30 days →

Stories reporting people killed13,643 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,702 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,641 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,230 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Yemen Stories reporting refugees1,808 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced691 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions585 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations310 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people falling ill95 at about the usual rate

Stories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.

How it felt 30 days →

harshwarm

The words in the day's stories were much softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout as usual
● Fearabout as usual

From the words reporters used across the whole day, never one story. Fear is the weakest of the four measures. How?

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